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n. Something which belongs or appertains to another thing; an appurtenance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mysterious appurtenants and symbols of redemption. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A tenant in common, or a joint tenant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. lieu place + tenant holding, p. pr. of tenir to hold, L. tenere. See Lieu, and Tenant, and cf. Locum tenens. ] 1. An officer who supplies the place of a superior in his absence; a representative of, or substitute for, another in the performance of any duty. [ 1913 Webster ]

The lawful magistrate, who is the vicegerent or lieutenant of God. Abp. Bramhall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (a) A commissioned officer in the army, next below a captain. (b) A commissioned officer in the British navy, in rank next below a commander. (c) A commissioned officer in the United States navy, in rank next below a lieutenant commander. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Lieutenant is often used, either adjectively or in hyphened compounds, to denote an officer, in rank next below another, especially when the duties of the higher officer may devolve upon the lower one; as, lieutenant general, or lieutenant-general; lieutenant colonel, or lieutenant-colonel; lieutenant governor, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Deputy lieutenant, the title of any one of the deputies or assistants of the lord lieutenant of a county. [ Eng. ] --
Lieutenant colonel, an army officer next in rank above major, and below colonel. --
Lieutenant commander, an officer in the United States navy, in rank next below a commander and next above a lieutenant. --
Lieutenant general. See in Vocabulary. --
Lieutenant governor. (a) An officer of a State, being next in rank to the governor, and in case of the death or resignation of the latter, himself acting as governor. [ U. S. ] (b) A deputy governor acting as the chief civil officer of one of several colonies under a governor general. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. An army officer in rank next below a general and next above a major general. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the United States, before the civil war, this rank had been conferred only on George Washington and (in brevet) on Winfield Scott. In 1864 it was revived by Congress and conferred on Ulysses S. Grant, and subsequently, by promotion, on William T. Sherman and Philip H. Sheridan, each of whom was advanced to the rank of general of the army. When Sheridan was made general (in 1888) the rank of lieutenant general was suffered to lapse. See General. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Lieutenancy. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Lieutenancy, 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. sub + lieutenant: cf. F. sous-lieutenant. ] An inferior or second lieutenant; in the British service, a commissioned officer of the lowest rank. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) One who rents a tenement, or land, etc., of one who is also a tenant; an undertenant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. tenant, p. pr. of tenir to hold. See Tenable, and cf. Lieutenant. ] 1. (Law) One who holds or possesses lands, or other real estate, by any kind of right, whether in fee simple, in common, in severalty, for life, for years, or at will; also, one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements the title of which is in another; -- correlative to landlord. See Citation from Blackstone, under Tenement, 2. Blount. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant. “Sweet tenants of this grove.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

The hhappy tenant of your shade. Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sister tenants of the middle deep. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tenant in capite [ L. in in + capite, abl. of caput head, chief. ], or
Tenant in chief, by the laws of England, one who holds immediately of the king. According to the feudal system, all lands in England are considered as held immediately or mediately of the king, who is styled lord paramount. Such tenants, however, are considered as having the fee of the lands and permanent possession. Blackstone. --
Tenant in common. See under Common. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tenanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Tenanting. ] To hold, occupy, or possess as a tenant. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sir Roger's estate is tenanted by persons who have served him or his ancestors. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Fit to be rented; in a condition suitable for a tenant. -- Ten"ant*a*ble*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

a. Having no tenants; unoccupied; as, a tenantless mansion. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The body of tenants; as, the tenantry of a manor or a kingdom. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Tenancy. [ Obs. ] Ridley. [ 1913 Webster ]

See Tenon saw, under Tenon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. terre earth, land + tenant, p. pr. of tenir to hold. ] (Law) One who has the actual possession of land; the occupant. [ Written also ter-tenant. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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n. See Terre-tenant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The tenant of a tenant; one who holds lands or tenements of a tenant or lessee. [ 1913 Webster ]